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Samourai Cryptomixer Founders Sent to Prison in U.S. Case

🔒 The founders of the Samourai Wallet crypto-mixing service, CEO Keonne Rodriguez and CTO William Lonergan Hill, were sentenced after pleading guilty to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business and laundering funds. Rodriguez received five years and Hill four years in prison, plus fines and three years of supervised release. Authorities seized servers and domains, removed the mobile app, and secured forfeiture of $237,832,360.55 linked to illicit transactions.